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Aggressive bid to tackle Toronto’s diversity ‘deficit’

Tuesday, January 27th, 2009

TheGlobeandMail.com – National – Aggressive bid to tackle Toronto’s diversity ‘deficit’: Program taps into talent pool of immigrants to boost number of qualified minorities on public and non-profit agencies
January 27, 2009.   JENNIFER LEWINGTON

Robin Cardozo’s credentials – current CEO of the Ontario Trillium Foundation and a former top executive of the United Way of Greater Toronto – would seem to make him a good catch for a public-sector board of directors.

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An investment in volunteerism makes good economic sense

Monday, January 26th, 2009

TheStar.com – Opinion – An investment in volunteerism makes good economic sense
Jan 26, 2009.  Ruth MacKenzie

As the federal government continues to steer our country away from the global economic crisis, it will be looking for more opportunities to save costs, invest for a guaranteed return, utilize and mobilize the strengths of Canadians, and enhance the nation’s infrastructure to stimulate our economy.

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Human rights trump property rights

Monday, January 26th, 2009

TheStar.com – Opinion – Human rights trump property rights
January 26, 2009.   Carol Goar

Community organizing is a term that conjures up images of Chicago’s south side, Harlem in the 1970s and ’80s and U.S. President Barack Obama’s early career. But Canadians – especially here in Toronto – know how to get people working for change in their community, their city and their country.

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The bitter reality of employment insurance

Sunday, January 25th, 2009

TheStar.com – Canada – The bitter reality of employment insurance
January 25, 2009.   Laurie Monsebraaten, SOCIAL JUSTICE REPORTER

Millions of Canadian workers pay employment insurance premiums their entire working lives giving little thought to what would happen if they lost their jobs tomorrow.

But as the global economic crisis deepens, tens of thousands facing layoff are learning the cruel truth.

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Watchdog alarmed by Harper’s information clampdown

Thursday, January 22nd, 2009

TheStar.com – Canada – Watchdog alarmed by Harper’s information clampdown

January 22, 2009.   Jim Bronskill. THE CANADIAN PRESS

 

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Stimulating charitable giving

Thursday, January 22nd, 2009

TheGlobeandMail.com – Opinions – Stimulating charitable giving
January 22, 2009. DONALD JOHNSON

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Put Your Money Where Your Wealth Is

Thursday, January 22nd, 2009

TheStar.com – Opinion – Put Your Money Where Your Wealth Is: Focusing on roads, sewers and water systems makes it all too easy to forget the other core components of infrastructure – affordable housing, schools, libraries, recreation centres and museums that contribute to community well-being but often get overlooked in the spending mix
January 22, 2009. Sherri Torjman

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Retraining programs for jobless

Thursday, January 22nd, 2009

TheStar.com – Opinion/letter – Retraining programs for jobless
January 22, 2009

Re:Skills program enrolment up, Jan. 17

Second Career was launched by the Ontario government in June, 2008 to address a demand for long-term training. Until Second Career, government programs offered only short-term training, usually six months or less, and were aimed at getting people back into the workforce as quickly as possible. No consideration was given to long-term training to develop the high level of skill required in many occupations today.

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Charities want Harper to increase tax credit

Tuesday, January 20th, 2009

TheStar.com – living – Charities want Harper to increase tax credit
January 20, 2009. Stuart Laidlaw, Faith and ethics reporter

Ottawa should boost the tax credit for charitable donations in its upcoming budget as a way to stimulate the economy while helping those most hurt by its downturn, at least three proposals before the federal government argue.

“It helps charities right across the spectrum, from the very large to the very small,” says Ray Pennings, research director at Hamilton think-tank Cardus.

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Retraining needs rethink

Monday, January 19th, 2009

TheStar.com – Opinion/editorial – Retraining needs rethink
January 19, 2009

If you’re a laid-off auto worker with a family to support, at what point do you decide to give up on work for a year or two and go back to school to train for another career?

It’s an incredible leap of faith so it’s welcome that the Ontario government wants to help some people make it. The Second Career retraining program offers funding for tuition in selected college courses and help with living expenses, such as mortgage payments.

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